Marilyn
Manson made their way into the hearts of loud music lovers with their
catchy, death rock cover of the Euryhmic's "Sweet Dreams" which almost
unbelievably became a radio hit all over again. Antichrist Superstar
teams up Marilyn Manson with 9 Inch Nails' Trent Resnor who gives this
record a violently industrial feel.

Even though rock and roll is dead, at least on the radio in LA, Marilyn
Manson fill in a niche for very pissed off white males who are trying
to rebel against their parents or society or somehting. The best song
on the record is "The Beautiful People". Other songs of note include
"Irresponsible Hate Anthem" which poses the question of whether or not
Marilyn Manson was born with enough middle fingers. I frequently wonder
about that while stuck in traffic on the 405 freeway.

Sonically the record is loud, bright and kind of thin. To me Marilyn
Manson is cool but come up short in comparison to White Zombie who have
a bit more groove and a sense of humor to their death rock. I could be
wrong but Marilyn Manson seems to take themselves a little bit too
seriously.